Fence-wire structure



April 3, 1928.

l,664,785 H. M. MOORE FENCE WIRE STRUCTURE Filed, Jan. 12. 1927 Inventor I J/oo/e Attorng' I ture from a standpoint ofassemblage, and in Fig. 2, the body is formed with a recess Patented Apr. 3, 1928. if a UNITED ST ATES P ATENT HARRY in. moon's, or ELMIRA, missouni.

runes-Winn s'r'nuo'frunn. Application filed January 12, 1927. serial no. 160,650.

This invention relates to an improved deend and having its opposite end bifurcated vice which is frequently referred to in the as at 12. This body is formed with a longiart as a fence wire stretcher; that is, a detudinal passage through which a rack bar 13 vice which is secured upon a fence post and slides. Operatively engaged as at 14, with b which is connected with the fence wires to this bar is an operating lever 15 whose draw them in a longitudinal direction forked end is pivotally connected with the through the medium of suitable means, furcations 12' through the medium of :1 whereby they can be fastened in a taut conlink 16. p dition upon said post. Slidably mounted in the body and mov- .65 3 My principal aim is to generally improve able at right angles to the teeth of the rack upon devices of this class by providing one bar is a. spring pressed pawl 17 including a which is structurally different from known stem 18 connected to a retainer. This reatented and marketed devices, the arrangetainer is here shown as includinga handle ment being such as to facilitate manufac- 19 and a plate-like portion 20. As shown 7 to obtain efficiency in operation due to the into which this retainer may be dropped to ease of manipulation. move to operative position. By grasping Briefly, the invention comprises a substanthe handle 19 and pulling the pawl 17 outtially V-shaped frame having spur plates at wardly against the tension of the spring, 2 one end to be engaged with the fence post, however, and turning the part 20 to exten and having a lever actuated rack bar and across the recess, the pawl is held in a disretaining pawl mechanism at its opposite engaged position. end, together with means for connecting said A chain 21 is connected with the rack bar, mechanism with the fence wires. and is provided with a hook 22 to engage in 25 I th d win the aforesaid eye or ring 5. In operation, Figure 1 is a side view showing the dethe device is arranged somewhat as-reprei i sented in Fig. 1, and in this connection I Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through might state that I prefer to provide an the same, showing the details more plainly. extra chain 23 which is connected with a so Fig. 3 is a cross section. stake v24 driven in the ground to steady the Referring now to the drawing in detail, device. The spur plates 8 are placed against it will be seen that the reference characterv the post and assuming that the clamp 3 is V 1 d i t th fence wires ad t d to be in place on the fence wires 1, the hook 22 is connected to the post 2. A clamping device engaged with theeye 5, thus renderin the 35 3 is connected to the Wires in any appro- (lBVlCG' ready to stretch .the wires. gbvipriate manner, the same being of suitable ously, by actuating the lever 15 in a direcn t ti tion from left to right in Fig. 2, the rack The clamping device here shown, is pro- 13 will be fed through the opening in the vided with chains 1 including a central conbody 10 and the pawl aru serve to hold it necting ring 5 which operates in e manner t in the position to which it has been moved. b h r inaft d s rib d, In this way thewire will be stretched sufli- The wire stretcher is generally designated clently taut t0 permlt it to be nailed upon by the reference character 6, and it is prefh pos in an obvious manner. erably composed of a pair 0 f angle irons 7 It IS believed, that by considering the dearranged in divergent relation to provid th scription in connection with the drawings, a so-called V-shaped frame. At th inner nds clear understanding of the construction, as

of these angle irons, are pointed plates 8 W ll a t e pe ation and use of the invenwhich operate to bear against the fence post n Will be clear. Therefore, a more in the manner indicated in Fig. 2. lengthy description is thought unnecessary. 60 Connected to the last named end portions Havlng h s desorlbed my invention, what of the angle irons is a cross-brace 9 of gen- I 01%11111 aS I1eW 15 eral U-shaped form, the same being riveted, In a w re stretcher, a frame of general or otherwise rigidly secured in place. Se- V-shaped configuration composed of a pair cured between the converging ends of the of angle irons, a cross brace connected to bars is a solid body 10 of appropriate configthe diverging end portions of said irons, uration having an apertured lug 11 at one spur plates carried by the last named ends of said bars, a body disposed between and said lever and to said body, a spring pressed connected to the opposite ends of said irons, pawl mounted upon said body and movable said body having a passage extending thereat right angles to said rack bar for engagthrough, a toothed rack bar slidable through ing the teeth of the latter, and a rotary re- 5 said passage, a chain conne'ctedto the inner tainer carried by said pawl. end of said rack bar, a hook carried by the In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. free end of said chain, an operating lever for said rack bar, a link pivotally connected to a .HARRY M. MOORE. 

